Sesame Street - home of Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Elmo - rarely incites controversy. But on Sunday the website of the Public Broadcasting Corporation's endlessly influential children's education show uploaded a curious feature called &q... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two children, officials said. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - The Ministry of Defence's plan to explore letting a company manage military-equipment procurement has been approved by the UK Treasury, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. HM Treasury was unavailable to comm... [Full Article]
KABUL (Reuters) - An Iranian-Afghan policewoman who killed a U.S. contractor at the police headquarters in Kabul may have been motivated by a personal grudge, said security officials, who were also probing possible Taliban or al Qaeda involvement. Th... [Full Article]
While the war in Afghanistan continues, so too does the contractor partying. Today ABC News has posted exclusive video (below) showing two security men from Jorge Scientific getting wasted in Kabul, one of whom appears to be high on Ketamine. The gra... [Full Article]
A retired British customs officer was among three civilian contractors killed in Afghanistan at the weekend, the US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Three foreign civilian contractors working for NATO as trainers were killed Sunday when a man in an Afghan security force uniform turned his weapon against them, NATO and Afghan officials said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A provincial police officer in Iraq says a roadside bomb has killed one security contractor and wounded three others working for a Turkish security company in the country's north. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(AP) - Mohammed Abdul Kader, 25, a contractor from Syria, right, plays with his cousins at the beach in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Afghan security contractors clean their rifles in their barracks at Outpost BariAlai in Ghaziabad district in Kunar, Afghanistan, September 15, 2011. The security contractors are helping to secure the perimeter of the camp and aiding U.S.... [Full Article]